Isabelle Herter-Aeberli: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
| Name | Dr. Isabelle Herter-Aeberli |
| Address | Ernährung u. Metabol. Epigenetik ETH Zürich, LFV A 44 Schmelzbergstrasse 7 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 74 81 |
| isabelle.herter@hest.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Health Sciences and Technology |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 752-6104-00L | Nutrition for Health and Development | 2 credits | 2V | I. Herter-Aeberli | |
| Abstract | The course presents nutrition and health issues with a special focus on developing countries. Micronutrient deficiencies including assessment and prevalence and food fortification with micronutrients. | ||||
| Learning objective | Knowing commonly used nutrition and health indicators to evaluate the nutritional status of populations. Knowing and evaluating nutritional problems in developing countries. Understanding the problem of micronutrient deficiencies and the principles of food fortification with micronutrients. | ||||
| Content | The course presents regional and global aspects and status of food security and commonly used nutrition and health indicators. Child growth, childhood malnutrition and the interaction of nutrition and infectious diseases in developing countries. Specific nutritional problems in emergencies. The assessment methods and the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies at regional and global level. The principles of food fortification with micronutrients and examples fortification programs. | ||||
| Lecture notes | The lecture details are available. | ||||
| Literature | Leathers and Foster, The world food problem, Tackling the causes of undernutrition in the third world. 3rd ed., 2004. Semba and Bloem, Nutrition and health in developing countries, 2nd edition, Humana Press, 2008. WHO, FAO, Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients, WHO, 2006. | ||||
| 752-6201-00L | Research Methodology in Nutrition  | 3 credits | 2V | I. Herter-Aeberli | |
| Abstract | The lectures cover different methodologies applied in the field of nutrition research including methods to assess mineral/vitamin status, body composition, immunochemical techniques, animal studies, and food sensory science and with a speical focus on theoretical and practical knowledge of dietary assessment studies. The challenge of ethical issues in human studies is illustrated and discussed. | ||||
| Learning objective | To get an overview of research methodologies used in the field of nutrition and to become more familiar with some of the most important methods. | ||||
| Content | The methodologies include stable isotope techniques, balance studies, body composition assessment, immunochemical techniques, animal studies and food sensory science. The challenge of ethical issues in human studies will be illustrated and discussed. The theoretical and practical knowledge of dietary assessment methods will be imparted including an assessment of own nutrient intake. The dietary assessments will be evaluated using a nutrient software and statistical analysis. | ||||
| 752-6210-00L | Toxicology and Nutrition Laboratory Course  Number of participants limited to 30. Prerequisties: Participation in the course Introduction to Nutritional Science (752-6001-00) and Introduction to Toxicology (752-1300-00) in parallel to the laboratory course. | 3 credits | 4P | I. Herter-Aeberli, S. J. Sturla | |
| Abstract | Introduction to the analysis of pesticide residues in food, learning how to assess cytotoxicity of a chemical in mammalian cells and monitoring the thermal stability of DNA by UV spectrophotometry. Introduction to anthropometric measurements and their interpretation, dietary assessment including analysis using nutritional software, assessment and interpretation of iron status. | ||||
| Learning objective | 1) To gain practical insights into food monitoring by applying an LC-MS screening method and legal requirements for pesticides. 2) To learn details about mammalian cell cultures and practical training on the use of methods to measure cell viability. 3) To study the properties of a DNA duplex by melting the native structure while monitoring the transition with UV spectrophotometry. 4) To learn to assess and interpret anthropometric measurements, such as assessment of growth, fat-free mass and body fat 5) To gain insight into the concept of dietary assessment and to use one of the methods in an exercise and analyze and interpret the data using nutritional software 6) To understand the complexity of iron status measurement and the factors influencing its interpretation. | ||||
| Content | 1) To gain practical insights into food monitoring by applying an LC-MS screening method and legal requirements for pesticides. 2) To learn details about mammalian cell cultures and practical training on the use of methods to measure cell viability. 3) To study the properties of a DNA duplex by melting the native structure while monitoring the transition with UV spectrophotometry. 4) To learn to assess and interpret anthropometric measurements, such as assessment of growth, fat-free mass and body fat 5) To gain insight into the concept of dietary assessment and to use one of the methods in an exercise and analyze and interpret the data using nutritional software 6) To understand the complexity of iron status measurement and the factors influencing its interpretation. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Complete course documenation will be provided. | ||||
| Literature | References will be indicated in the lab course material. | ||||